'Going for drinks' versus 'going to the pub'

[Funky_monks]

I go: 'down the pub'
'For a pint'

Or, my favourite term:

'For a swift half'

(this usually means I'm going on the lash)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The girls round the corner in the office are always 'going for drinks' .

 

[mauvais]

Who is this Susie12? Is she really 12? I suppose that would explain it

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I go: 'down the pub'
'For a pint'

Or, my favourite term:

'For a swift half'

(this usually means I'm going on the lash)

When I used to work with about 20 pissheads there was always someone going out for a drink after work. We would always say something like 'I only have time for one' or whatever but it always ened with a lock in and maxed crdit cards.

 

[moose]

'Early doors?' - music to my ears.

 

[H.Dot]

An intriguing observation made today is that most of the posh people I work with, and more often than not women refer to 'going for drinks', rather than 'going down the pub'.

A fascinating case of language use in action.

at work, the notices always say "going for drinks".

whereas if someone asks me, I'm "going down the pub". or should that be "GOING DAHN"?

It might be a regional thing though to some extent - when I briefly did the same job up North, it said "pub then ****** (meat market club)". LOL

 

[EastEnder]

"going to the pub" is a much safer expression.

"going for drinks", as well as sounding all wanky and soho-esque, invites the terrifying spectre of someone suggesting going to a "wine bar"......

 

[ivebeenhigh]

people that live in and around the environs of Clapham South go for drinks. you know the type. they work for Foxtons. or in PR. they are mainly girls. with boring boyfriends.

people that go for a pint/a jar/an ale/a swift half/a pint of shaun/a cheeky one/a quick richard, people that refer to a pub as THE BATTLE CRUISER, do not go for drinks, they go to the pub.

I think the usage or not of the term Battle Cruiser pretty much determines which side of the fence you fall.

also the people that go for drinks are THE SAME PEOPLE THAT INVITE OTHERS AROUND FOR SUPPER. Its true.

 

[blues]

Depends on the situation.
if ive made specific arrangements with someone to meet them for drinks, 'i'm having drinks with...' or 'birthday drinks' IN THE PUB.

If its like whatever then its 'Pub? Pub!'

Same as. Only distinction to me is whether there's an arrangement with someone or not.

 

[Agent Sparrow]

I voted for "pub", but I agree context is important. If it's an evening of alcoholic consumption, then I say the pub. If it's just a swift half, then I say "shall we go for a drink?"

 

[EastEnder]

then I say "shall we go for a drink?"

Clapham bird.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

An intriguing observation made today is that most of the posh people I work with, and more often than not women refer to 'going for drinks', rather than 'going down the pub'.

A fascinating case of language use in action.

I always notice this. It makes me cringe a little bit...

 

[Maggot]

people that go for a pint/a jar/an ale/a swift half/a pint of shaun/a cheeky one/a quick richard, people that refer to a pub as THE BATTLE CRUISER, do not go for drinks, they go to the pub.

I think the usage or not of the term Battle Cruiser pretty much determines which side of the fence you fall.

I've never heard anyone call the pub The Battle Cruiser.

 

[forked brain]

I always 'go to the pub', but it has to have a pool table in it, what's the point otherwise

 

[5t3IIa]

I say either, depending on who I am talking to

 

[sheothebudworths]

Worst poll ever Hollis.

Nothing short of an embarrassment really.





((( Hollis )))

 

[EastEnder]

Worst poll ever Hollis.

Jesus!

That's one hell of a scary indictment - worst ever for Hollis....

((((((Hollis))))))

 

[Idaho]

I noticed this once.

I think if you say 'going for a drink' the drink bit is a verb. You are saying that you are going to take part in an activity of drinking. Whereas to go for drinks sounds less agricultural to those of a sensitive disposition.

 

[Brixton Hatter]

I go for drinks down the pub . I'm proper middle class me

going down the pub?

I go: 'down the pub'

i go down the pub too. but why do we go 'down the pub'?
if i go shopping, i go up to town....then down the pub later.

 

[Onket]

I've never heard anyone call the pub The Battle Cruiser.

Neither have I!

 

[Maggot]

Neither have I!

We are clearly not cockernee enough!

 

[Numbers]

It's Ocean Cruiser, innit. I use it all the feckin toime.

 

[zenie]

It's Ocean Cruiser, innit. I use it all the feckin toime.

Irish man uses cockney rhyming slang shocker!!